While we do not cook separate meals for individual members of the family, and we expect everyone to eat what we cook, we do tend – Monday to Friday – to eat things that already have passed the Jonah test. I won’t call him picky, exactly, because when I do, other moms tell me he actually eats a lot of things their kids won’t eat (such as eggplant, for instance, or proscuitto). But he is particular, and is an excruciatingly slow eater, which can be hard on a tired cook.

As a result, the rest of us get bored with the same lineup of burgers, quesadillas, ravioli, pot stickers, spaghetti and pizza. So when an additional recipe (or even a lone ingredient) gets his thumb’s up, it’s a big day indeed.

Since I work late, I look to Real Simple magazine for ideas for pulling off The Miracle of Dinner, and this particular recipe was a big hit in my house. So much so, that we’ve already made it twice. Try it yourself before the peaches are all gone: realsimple.com[2]

One note: I substituted Wegman’s Wine and Cheese pork sausage for the chicken sausage when I made it at home.